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Interior view of a church featuring a stone font in the foreground, wooden pews, and a large arched window at the far end.

Church, Wisbech St Mary c1930 (H Coates)

St Mary, Wisbech St Mary

History of St Mary

Norman period: possible earlier church

14th cent.: current church built


1831

Charles Fowler, chair mender, and John Smith, body snatcher, convicted for the theft of the body of Rebecca Shearman from church yard. Given 12months hard labour (5.1.1831).


1850s first vicar, Henry Jackson, appointed

 

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